🇨🇳 China Trends Tracker — Weibo + Baidu + Toutiao + Douyin Hot Search

Get every top trending topic in mainland China in a single call — Weibo Hot Search (微博热搜), Baidu Hot (百度热搜), Toutiao Hot Board (今日头条热榜) and Douyin Hot Search (抖音热搜) — aggregated, ranked, and normalized into one feed of topic, rank, score and source URL. Instead of running four separate single-platform scrapers and stitching the output, PR, brand-monitoring and marketing teams point one actor at all four boards on demand. It is the fastest way for a Western team to see what is actually going viral inside China right now.

📊 Sample Output

source	rank	topic	score	url	scraped_at
weibo	1	中美元首华盛顿会晤	1003505	https://s.weibo.com/weibo?q=#中美元首华盛顿会晤#	2026-09-25T03:21:27.804676Z
weibo	2	王楚钦孙颖莎vs松岛辉空张本美和	960810	https://s.weibo.com/weibo?q=王楚钦孙颖莎vs松岛辉空张本美和	2026-09-25T03:21:27.804718Z
weibo	3	秋月正圆思念满	702076	https://s.weibo.com/weibo?q=#秋月正圆思念满#	2026-09-25T03:21:27.804727Z
weibo	4	短剧大满贯王道铁帅得有理有据	692086	https://s.weibo.com/weibo?q=	2026-09-25T03:21:27.804735Z
weibo	5	原来八宝粥是生米装罐	652122	https://s.weibo.com/weibo?q=原来八宝粥是生米装罐	2026-09-25T03:21:27.804743Z
weibo	6	马斯克黄仁勋苏世民等参加白宫欢迎宴会	620965	https://s.weibo.com/weibo?q=#马斯克黄仁勋苏世民等参加白宫欢迎宴会#	2026-09-25T03:21:27.804751Z

Real rows from run weWUMvmwPxQkeh6Wu on build 0.0.45 (2026-09-25), unedited apart from masked emails/phones and shortened long text; fields the source does not publish are empty.

🔧 Input reference

Field	Type	Default	What it does
sources	['array', 'string']		Which platforms to query: weibo, baidu, toutiao, douyin. Accepts a list OR a single source string OR a comma/newline-separated list. Also accepts these alternative field names: pl…
proxyConfiguration	object	{"useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]}	Apify residential proxy (recommended for SE Asia / China sources).
platforms	['array', 'string']		Alternative name for sources. Accepts a list OR a single string OR comma/newline-separated.
urls	['array', 'string']		Alternative name for sources. Accepts a list OR a single string OR comma/newline-separated.
source	string		Alternative — a single value when you only need one. Comma-separated values are auto-split.
platform	string		Alternative — a single value when you only need one. Comma-separated values are auto-split.

🧾 JSON sample record

One real record from run weWUMvmwPxQkeh6Wu (emails/phones masked, long text shortened):

{
  "source": "weibo",
  "rank": 1,
  "topic": "中美元首华盛顿会晤",
  "score": 1003505,
  "label": "",
  "url": "https://s.weibo.com/weibo?q=#中美元首华盛顿会晤#",
  "scraped_at": "2026-09-25T03:21:27.804676Z"
}

💰 Pricing

Event	Price (USD)	When it is charged
Actor Start (apify-actor-start)	$0.005	Charged when the Actor starts running. Number of events charged depends on Actor memory (one event per GB, minimum one event).
Trend (apify-default-dataset-item)	$0.025	Single trending-topic record from Weibo/Baidu/Toutiao.

Pay-per-event: you pay only for what the run delivers. A run that delivers nothing bills no result events (only the actor-start event, when the actor defines one). Example: a run that delivers 100 results costs 100 × $0.025 = $2.50 plus the start fee.

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18 more in this family on the NexGenData Store page.

中文说明

中国趋势汇总一次性聚合微博、百度、头条、抖音的热搜与热门话题,输出统一的结构化数据(JSON/CSV/Excel),方便做市场、营销与消费者洞察。

定价:按趋势条目计费,每条 $0.025(约 $1 = 40 条)。

定时运行:在 Apify 的「Schedules」中新建每日计划任务,即可持续追踪各平台热点的起落。

AI 智能体:采用按事件计费(PPE),支持通过 Apify 的 x402 让智能体用 USDC 直接调用,无需账号。

说明:所有内容均来自各平台公开的热搜与热门榜单。

Use cases

1. PR & brand monitoring — catch a brand or issue trending across multiple China platforms at once.
2. Marketing timing — align launches to viral demand windows in mainland China.
3. Category demand signals — feed trending topics into sourcing and market-entry decisions.
4. Crisis / reputation watch — early detection of a spiking topic across boards.
5. Content & research — a daily snapshot of China's attention economy in one dataset.

Sample input

{ "sources": ["weibo", "baidu", "toutiao", "douyin"] }

Pass a single source (e.g. "weibo") or any subset to query just one or two boards. Aliases platforms, source, platform and urls are also accepted.

Sample output

Each record contains topic, rank, score, source and url:

{ "source": "weibo", "rank": 1, "topic": "新能源汽车补贴政策", "score": 3820411, "url": "https://s.weibo.com/weibo?q=..." }

Code example — Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("nexgendata/china-trends-tracker").call(run_input={
    "sources": ["weibo", "baidu", "toutiao", "douyin"]
})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

Code example — cURL

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/nexgendata~china-trends-tracker/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"sources": ["weibo", "baidu", "toutiao", "douyin"]}'

FAQ

What platforms does China Trends Tracker cover? Weibo Hot Search, Baidu Hot, Toutiao Hot Board, and Douyin Hot Search — selectable per run via the sources field.

How do I see what's trending in China right now? Run with all four sources; each board is fetched live at run time and returned ranked by score.

Can I query just one platform? Yes — pass a single source (e.g. "weibo") or any subset; the aliases platforms, source, platform and urls are also accepted.

What does each record contain? topic, rank, score, source platform, and a source URL.

Do I need a Chinese account or VPN? No — it runs on Apify with a residential proxy; no account or VPN on your side.

Related NexGenData actors

• Weibo Hot Search Tracker
• RedNote (Xiaohongshu) Scraper
• Bilibili Video Search
• Bilibili Video Comments

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